The Marketing team promotes WordPress to current and future users and contributors. We create and amplify campaigns to support the growth of the WordPress project.
Our work is tracked on the Marketing Tasks Board on the WordPress organization’s GitHub. If you are planning a Marketing Table at a Contributor Event, please let us know in the Slack channel.
You can be part of the #marketing channel on Slack. Join our next Weekly Marketing Chat at: Tuesday 15:00 UTC.
Diary dates
If you are reading these notes on a website other than the Make WordPress Marketing blog, please contact us on the #marketing channel on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. or via the team’s blog as we may not be aware of comments you add on other sites to be able to reply or help involve you.
These summary notes focus on key items and actions from the meeting and to assist with an asynchronous contribution to the Global Marketing Team. For those unable to attend a meeting due to timezone issues please do join the discussion threads after the meeting and send your updates.
A big thanks to everyone for coordinating and editing drafts from past meeting notes which will be up shortly in the P2P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/.. As a few people are on personal holidays and others are unwell due to Covid, we are a little behind on Notes and will post updates in the coming weeks.
Thank you to @yvettesonneveld for working on drafting last week’s notes.
A reminder to check the draft notes is circulated at the meeting every week. Please review and check your WordPress.org ID is listed on collaborations that you have actively contributed to.
We rely on this to update the final notes and to put into our charts to show where we need extra contributors, and how we are having an input and impact onto the work assigned/requested from other teams.
Rota for drafting notes:
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Marketing Materials to support core and FSE
Update via: @azhiyadev
NOTE:
Thanks to @EidolonNight for volunteering to co-facilitate some of these coffee breaks.
(updated notes to help with accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility))
These summary notes focus on key items and actions from the meeting and to assist with an asynchronous contribution to the Global Marketing Team. For those unable to attend a meeting due to timezone issues, please do join the discussion threads and tasks on Trello after the meeting and send your updates.
Meeting led by: @webcommsat
Each week we have a contributor who has been with us for a while draft notes supported by one of the working groups. This is then worked on further by the wider group by Saturday morning and used to plan follow-ups, report back to linked teams, give feedback, and plan actions by the Monday 11:00 UTC meeting.
We now have a rota of volunteers to help with this initial draft. We are increasingly writing our updates for team meetings in such a way that they make it easier to be used in our new system of notes and actions and simply copied to the draft notes.
A big thanks to @chaion07 for doing last week’s notes.
You can volunteer to be a note-taker for one of the future meetings. We currently have a rota. Please note that the initial draft is needed by the end of Friday each week.
It’s time to celebrate and thank everyone for all their efforts during the last week.
Update from: @mikerbg
The Marketing team has been increasingly active with our messaging and collaboration with other teams. Now is the time for us to build on this momentum and expand our team by adding @meher as a Team Rep.
She has been an active and enthusiastic contributor since joining the team, and is a frequent presence in Marketing meetings and events. She is also somebody with a deep understanding of the WordPress project and commitment to see it succeed. Meher has also shown herself to be a positive and constructive influence on the team, and is somebody that is truly dedicated to our goals and objectives. Meher has been a member of the Marketing Team, a WordCamp organizer and translation supporter for over six years!
As a Team Rep, we look forward to watching Meher’s continued growth and development. In this role she will take a more active role in running team meetings and collaborations, reviewing marketing content, cross-team planning and alignment with other contributor groups.
Please join us in thanking @meher for becoming a team rep in addition to all of the outstanding things she already brings to the group.
Update from coordinating team members: @nalininonstopnewsuk and @lmurillom
We continue to work with #WPDiversity in promoting these workshops and drafting social media posts and discussing messaging with the Diverse Speaker Team.
The next workshops we will promote are taking place in late September and October.
➤ How can I help? Search #WPDiversity on the WordCamp on Twitter, WordCamp Facebook and Make WordPress Marketing Team on LinkedIn, and share the messages.
Update from coordinating team member: @lmurillom
We’re promoting #WordPress Meetups that are helping improve understanding of how to use the platform, improve it further and participate in the community.
The Online WordPress MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. promotions are currently updated on the spreadsheet through October 1 2020, and we are sharing them on our LinkedIn Page.
In the future, we will also be using the #OnlineWPMeetupNews to help Meetup organizers who have replied to our survey. We will be continuing to work with @harishanker on this in the community team.
➤ How can I help?
Update from co-ordinating team member: @webcommsat
We are working with the community, training and other teams on the marketing and communications for this new platform.
➤ How can I help?
Update from co-ordinating team member: @webcommsat
We highlighted the work we have been doing with this cross team in the devchat last week on core as there are discussions to continue to help improve the visibility of sustainability across the project.
Update via co-ordinating team member: @webcommsat and @oglekler
There will be updates on release-related marketing after the meeting.
➤ How can I help? Do you understand the release process, can easily explain tracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. tickets or are a developer with a strong interest in marketing and communications? Contact @webcommsat and @oglekler
Update via co-ordinating team member: @webcommsat
➤ How can I help? This is a big celebration of the translators in our community and to highlight the need for more translators. Please join in. You do not have to be a translator to take part in marketing of this. We need writers, monitors, photo editors, organizers and more. Lots of great first tasks and for those more experienced too.
Update via: @yvettesonneveld
Facebook is deprecating the open oEmbed code that allows WordPress users to embed WordPress posts. Come October, these embeds will start showing up as links only. Previously embedded posts should remain unchanged. It looks like the next minor version of WordPress (5.5.x) will already discontinue support of the Facebook blocks. If you’d like to read more about this, I’ll add links in the thread. Since this may cause confusion and frustration for users, the release MarComms team recommended creating content targeted to informing non-technical users. We will keep you posted on next steps.
The link to the calendar is appearing regularly on the Slack channel.
Please contact @OGlekler if you have problems adding or viewing the Calendar.
Virtual Coffee Breaks are informal 30-minute coffee break gatherings for contributors to the Global WordPress Marketing team.
This activity was of interest to a lot of people but most participants did not make the deadline therefore your last chance to submit is 30 September 2020, 17:00 UTC. Get your creative energy running.
Rules reminder:
➤ How can I participate? If you want to participate in the Poetry Challenge, please submit through this form before 30 September 2020, 17:00 UTC.
Collaboration led by: @mikerbg
Slack thread with link to the document
Wednesday 7 October 2020, 14:00 UTC, in the Marketing Channel on Make WordPress Slack. Please note that the week of September 30 we have #WPTranslationDay Celebration Week and will not be having a meeting.
Thank you everyone who has joined, attended, and updated the meeting, or contributed asynchronously in the last few days.
➤ How to get started?
If you were in the Marketing Team meeting and still don’t know how to get started to contribute to the project, contact @yvettesonneveld to get information about the next New Contributors Onboarding meeting.
If you need accessibility or language support to participate in any of our work and meetings, please let one of the team reps know in the marketing channel. We are keen to try and help and promote inclusion and diversity in the team.
Thursday 24 September 2020, 19:30 UTC – Virtual Coffee Break on video conferencing. If you need live captioning to participate, please let @oglekler or @marks99 know and we will use an appropriate tool.
Friday 25 September 2020, 12:00 UTC – Learn WordPress marcomms meeting
Friday 25 September 2020, times tbc Translation week update
Monday 28 September 2020, 19:15 UTC – Marketing releases and social media updates and drop-ins translation week marketing.
Tuesday 29 September 2020, 19:00 UTC – WordPress Release 5.6 Marcomms planning coordinations meeting – let us (@marybaum, @yvettesonneveld and @webcommsat) know if you would like to suggest anything for this meeting of those coordinating the marketing.
Wednesday 30 September 2020, 14:00 UTC – Global Marketing Team Meeting will be devoted to supporting the WordPress Translation week celebrations. Help is needed all day on Wednesday please and for part of the day on Sunday 4 October 2020.
Thursday 1 October 2020, 19:30 UTC – Virtual Coffee Break. on video conferencing and Slack for those unable to join on video. We also hold short coffee breaks on Monday and Tuesday to be inclusive of other timezones when we have enough demand and a team rep is available. These are posted on the marketing channel on Slack. Please feel free to come along. They normally are at the beginning of collaboration sessions.
Published for: @lmurillom and notes group
These summary notes focus on key items and actions from the meeting and to assist with an asynchronous contribution to the Global Marketing Team. For those unable to attend a meeting due to timezone issues, please do join the discussion threads and tasks after the meeting and send your updates.
@webcommsat, @maedahbatool, @technocrews, @oglekler, @mikerbg, @meher, @elizabethanu, @lmurillom, @nullbyte, @harryjackson1221, @nalininonstopnewsuk @vimes1984 @collinsmbaka @yashwardhanrana, @swetabhsuman8, @yvettesonneveld (preparation for this meeting and async), @antialiasfactory
Each week we have a contributor who has been with us for a while draft notes supported by one of the working group. This is then worked on further by the wider group by Saturday morning and used to plan follow-ups, report back to linked teams, give feedback and plan actions by the Monday 11am UTC meeting.
We now have a rota of volunteers to help with this initial draft. We are increasingly writing our updates for team meetings in such a way that they make it easier to be used in our new system of notes and actions, and help with async contribution to be more inclusive of other timezones and working / family timings.
The meeting was asked to review the notes from the previous week in the Google doc.
You can volunteer to be a note taker for one of further meetings. Please note that the initial draft is needed by the end of Friday each week.
New Attendees Welcome Thread: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C0GKJ7TFA/p1596032055088400
We have new people on our channel and are happy to welcome @collinsmbaka @khushbu1983 fromocumentation and @alexmedick, @ElizabethAnu and @yui.
And welcome to our visitors who are working with us on WordPress version 5.5 including @annezazu, @Milana_cap, @ziontrooper and @estelaris.
Led by: @lmurillom and @yvettesonneveld
Let’s give a huge shout out to the following folks for all their efforts and time which they have invested in getting the work of the team done.
Update provided by @oglekler
TrelloTrello Project management system using the concepts of boards and cards to organize tasks in a sane way. This is what the make.wordpress.com/marketing team uses for example: https://trello.com/b/8UGHVBu8/wp-marketing. card: https://trello.com/c/JAIWjXWO/637-onboarding-videos-github
The editing and synchronising work for these videos is tremendous and a big star of the week goes to @OGlekler for her patience, good spirits and endurance with getting these to the finish line. Thanks also to @webcommstat and @marks99 for their work editing these.
Published this week on YouTube and will be added to the GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ WordPress Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. Handbook. Thanks to contributors for recording voiceovers and to @OGlekler for editing and synchronizing the videos.
If you are experienced at translating from English into your native language and have presentation skills, we would like your help. We are particularly looking for volunteers for Japanese and Mandarin (Standard Chinese), contact @oglekler, @lmurillom or @marks99 (@macgraphic on Slack) for details.
Update provided by @meher
Trello card: https://trello.com/c/oP3Sj8N1
WordPress MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. organizers could use a hand with organizing, facilitating and promoting online gatherings. A team of contributors created a survey, and we’d love your help getting it out to these organisers.
Update provided by: @webcommsat
Trello card: https://trello.com/c/eNghs0YZ
We’ve been working on an ongoing marketing plan that can be put in place and creating the materials needed to put the plan into action.
Do you dread public speaking? Even experienced #WordCamp and Meetup speakers can get nervous. Register for the free #WPDiversity workshops starting next week from 28 July 2020, 5-6 pm UTC. Get help overcoming your fears. https://t.co/b1YK7WPlMl #WordPress #WPSpeakers
— WordCamp CentralWordCamp Central Website for all WordCamp activities globally. https://central.wordcamp.org includes a list of upcoming and past camp with links to each. (@wordcampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more.) July 23, 2020
@webcommsat has included promotions for this week’s workshop on the WordCamp Twitter and Facebook, and the Make WordPress Marketing LinkedIn. Please promote these to your networks. Some examples from the social media pack are above.
We’re monitoring the use of the social media pack for these events, and want to encourage a wider take-up for promotions from the marketing team.
Thanks to everyone who came along to the meeting and worked on drafts for the posts including @lmurillom, @meher, @OGlekler, @afshanadiya , @SwetabhSuman8 , @MegPhillips91.
@jillbinder, who leads the diverse speaker training group based in Community, said they have had a lot more sign-ups for the workshops since the WordCamp and other targeted marketing promotions. From our analysis, the majority of the success has come from the WordCamp promotions @webcommsat gave thanks to @angelasjin for her help in enabling this and to the targeting of communities and influencers (thanks to @Nalini and @meher for their considerable efforts here too).
We will be focusing on getting wider members of the Marketing team to make greater use of the social media packs. The packs are also available to the Diverse Speaker Training team to use.
@webcommsat, @Nalininonstopnewsuk and @lmurillom will be exploring the search terms more and some of the queries we have had back from community members.
If you have a strong interest in promoting diversity, please join this working group’s next meeting in Slack. Additionally, please use the social media pack for these events to help increase the take-up for promotions from the marketing team. This will help to amplify the social media promotion.
All you need to do is search using #WPDiversity on the WordCamp on Twitter, WordCamp Facebook and Make WordPress Marketing Team on LinkedIn, and retweet and like. You can also target the information to Meetups and potential speakers who would benefit from the training.
Update provided by @webcommsat, @vimes1984 and @nullbyte
Trello card: https://trello.com/c/v5cveanV
We are currently working on a pilot project to support the WordPress 5.5 Release. We have been bringing together questions from developer feedback and answering them in a document for each significant feature to be introduced in the forthcoming WordPress 5.5 release.
If you would like to get involved and are familiar with WordPress releases or a Dev who could help with this, please reply to this thread on Slack: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C0GKJ7TFA/p1596033363112600
Please be aware that there has already been significant work into the documents in a tight timescale, and we might not be able to include your ideas at this stage. That’s why it’s important to reach out first before you put work into these topics.
Update provided by @webcommsat
Trello card: https://trello.com/c/4jA1zpyB
Documentation is maintained manually by contributors and is being moved from the old Codex. The structure is 17 years old and the categories that worked 5 or 10 years ago are not necessarily the same that work now. In order to continue with the design of documentation, the Docs team needs to define a new structure that is clear and fulfills the user’s needs. They would like input from Marketing regarding the re-categorization of content and the audience segmentation.
Please reach out to @mikerbg (@miker on Slack) or @lmurillom if you would like to participate in this task.
Update provided by @webcommsat
Trello card: https://trello.com/c/MMAIaiOo
Celebrating WordPress in Italian, the WPTranslation mini event ran from 9am to 1pm CEST (7am to 11am UTC) on Saturday 25 July 2020. It was run using Zoom and the Italian WordPress Slack. This was the third mini-event under the banner of #WPTranslationDay in 2020.
The Italian mini-event has now taken place, but you can always help #WPTranslationDay mini events by following the briefing shared in the Marketing Slack and retweeting to your relevant networks or sharing with potential attendees.
Presenter: @mikerbg (@miker on Slack)
Trello card: https://trello.com/c/4jA1zpyB
Originally we were going to be discussing our collaboration with the Tide team, but we will be rescheduling that conversation to accommodate the Tide team members. Today, we are discussing the HelpHub task.
Task: Documentation is being moved from the old Codex and the categorization of articles that worked 5 or 10 years ago are not necessarily the same that work now. In order to continue with the design of documentation, the Docs team needs to define a new structure that is clear and fulfills the user’s needs. They’d like input from Marketing regarding the re-categorization of content and the audience segmentation.
The links to Google docs and sheets can be found in the Slack meeting itself or through Trello.
Get familiar with the background for this task by checking the following resources.
You are welcome to ask questions on Marketing Team Channel on Make WordPress Slack. You can join work on this project asynchronously, please reach out to @lmurillom or @mikerpbg (@miker on Slack).
If you don’t see your task on these notes, please jump in and let us have an update in the Slack.
Wednesday 5 August 2020, 2pm UTC, in the Marketing Channel on Make WordPress Slack. Please check the diary dates for the coming week.
Thank you everyone who has joined, attended, and updated the meeting, or contributed asynchronously in the last few days.
If you want some help getting started in contributing to the marketing team and to add your name to the list for the next New Contributors Onboarding meeting, contact @maedahbatool.
These summary notes focus on key items and actions from the meeting and to assist with asynchronous contribution to the Global Marketing Team. For those unable to attend a meeting due to timezone issues, please do join the discussion threads and tasks on Trello after the meeting and send your updates.
The meeting discussions on the Marketing team SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. can be found at:
https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C0GKJ7TFA/p1586959272220000
Meeting led by: @mikerbg
Meeting notes: @maedahbatool, @yvettesonneveld
Attended: @maedahbatool, @chaion07, @mikerbg, @timbb, @oglekler, @webcommsat, @simonasn, @harryjackson1221, @darls, @yvettesonneveld, @michelleames, @megphillips91, @mta1, @antialiasfactory, @lmurillom, @SatishPatel, @sharaz, @gkibria69, @arnelcus, @thisisyeasin @abdulwahab
Update provided by @webcommsat
TrelloTrello Project management system using the concepts of boards and cards to organize tasks in a sane way. This is what the make.wordpress.com/marketing team uses for example: https://trello.com/b/8UGHVBu8/wp-marketing. card: https://trello.com/c/1KagUPpT
The WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe team is working on an online Contributor Day, to be held during the first online WCEU. This online contributor day will take place on 4 June 2020.
Update provided by @webcommsat
Since most in-person events are not permitted in many countries due to the public health emergency, many WordPress MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. groups now meet online. We’re working with the Community Team with marketing the WordPress Meetups, interviewing organizers and working on promotions.
Thanks to @meher and @chaion07 who have been working with @webcommsat on this during the last week, and to others who have volunteered.
If you would like to work on this, please contact @webcommsat
Thanks to everyone involved. @yvettesonneveld is working on the component maintainers document later this week and we will be finalizing this next week for the CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team.
Thank you to all who have contributedFirst, a huge thanks to everyone who has been contributing and assisting and to @mikerbg for co-ordinating. More research and work will take place this week and feedback has been invited fromSubstantial progress was made, and we’re waiting for additional feedback from the Core Team.
Update provided by @webcommsat
Trello card: https://trello.com/c/5sN6ODcf
The global WordPress Translation Day usually takes place mid May. With WCEU taking place early June, that was not possible for 2020. There is ongoing work on this event, including encouraging polyglots to work together and smaller scale events. One is this Friday for the French-speaking WordPress community. @webcommsat has been asked to support the community-wide marketing and is also representing the global WordPress Translation Day team. Thanks to @audrasjb and other team members which are co-ordinating the French-language event.
Thanks to @webcommsat for this contributor mosaic idea and to @michellefrechette, @macgraphic and other contributors during the virtual coffee breaks this week for exploring ways to do this. The original concept was for a wall of pictures to highlight how contributors are still staying connected, reduce the sense of isolation and show that members are continuing to contribute to the global WordPress project.
Michelle will be co-ordinating this task. She will create ‘walls’ of 16 photos with messages from contributors.
Update provided by @miker and @webcommsat
Trello card: https://trello.com/c/Ix7fNA05
Virtual Coffee Breaks are informal virtual sessions held on web conferencing tools. They take place several times a week. If you’re on a limited bandwidth connection, or rather use video for other reasons, you can also connect with audio-only.
Marketing team members can check the latest schedule and join.
Feedback about the Virtual Coffee Break sessions amidst this global crisis of coronavirus outbreak has been incredibly positive and well-received. Some changes to times have been made to accommodate more timezones. These will be reviewed again at the end of next week.
Thanks to @webcommsat, @yvettesonneveld, @JillianSMaxwell, @timbb, @maedahbatool, @nullbyte, @Meg Phillips, and @Michelle Frechette for working to support this provision. Thanks to everyone who attended.
If you’re able to help volunteer and are available regularly for one or more of the weekly time slots, and/or if you’re willing to act as the web conference provider using your Zoom Pro account, please contact @webcommsat or @JillianSMaxwell.
Update provided by @webcommsat and @Tim Butara
Trello card: https://trello.com/c/8XKGUx3h
The working group met on 14 April 2020 and included an introduction to newer contributors on writing for the WordPress marketing, background to the project and answering questions. The group has been exploring users’ questions to developers of plugins and themes, and typical communications a developer may want to make available to help users, particularly at this time.
Marketing team members were asked to share (from their own experience) what questions they typically have when considering or installing a pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. The group would continue to work on this during the week and at its next meeting. New contributors with an interest in this area were invited to join (more below).
Update from: @yvettesonneveld
Some Team Reps have been flooded with personal messages. We understand it may be scary to add to the conversation publicly, particularly if you are new to the project. But please scroll through the Slack history. We’re really helpful and inclusive here. Please add to the conversation in the slack Channel and only use direct message for topics that have confidential elements. It may be scary at first, but we promise you it will be fun really soon. Several new contributors confirmed their positive experiences.
If you would like to suggest something for the agenda for this week’s meeting, please contact @yvettesonneveld on Slack.
Post event update
Sections in this resource:
Saturday 11 May 2019 – 24-hour marathon for #WPTranslationDay
Participate in person at a local MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. or globally online
Be part of translating one of the world’s most popular web platforms into as many languages as possible.
WordPress is a popular choice for developers, writers, business owners, eCommerce platforms and hobbyists. People from many different walks of life continuously add to its development and improvement, resulting in WordPress powering more than 33% of websites **.
Versatility and the vast global team working on it are central to WordPress’ increasing popularity. Translating WordPress in multiple languages helps to make the platform available in many more parts of the world. The Polyglots TeamPolyglots Team Polyglots Team is a group of multilingual translators who work on translating plugins, themes, documentation, and front-facing marketing copy. https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/. has played a remarkable role in leading and bringing together this translation work.
** Figures from a report by W3Techs (2019)
On 11 May 2019, this 24-hour event will be aimed at the translation of all things WordPress, from coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. to themes, and from plugins to marketing. Moreover, it will celebrate the achievements of the Make WordPress Polyglots Team and thousands of volunteers worldwide who give their time and skills to make this online platform available in so many countries and languages.
WordPress Translation Day 2019 is the fourth event organized by members of the Polyglots Team to acknowledge the efforts of all those involved in translating the platform’s numerous aspects and features.
Read more about the event on WordPress.org news
Discover the local Meetup events for the 2019 WordPress Translation Day.
Watch the #WPTranslationDay livestream including talks, panel discussions and interviews.
Share your participation in the fourth translation day event with e-badges and banners.
In this feature, thanks to contributors Maedah Batool and Saqib Ameen and we are sharing a quick guide to help explain what is involved in translating WordPress. Abha Thakor and Raffaella Isidori bring you news from #WPTranslationDay and stories from some of the people in the Polyglots Team to inspire you to join in.
Maedah Batool, a member of the Make WordPress Marketing Team, has contributed as a translator for three years.
She shares her enthusiasm for the polyglots and encourages others to give it a try. She said: “Most of the time when it comes to contributing to open source software people are under the impression that it is only through code. But I take part through translation, which is a productive way of contributing to open source. Moreover, being a part of this vibrant WordPress community I feel that it is my responsibility that I contribute my part in making WordPress available to my local community and in my native language, Urdu.”
Along with other local groups across the world, Maedah is organizing a Meetup for the global event, collaborating with the Locale Manager. The local event will seek to engage undergraduate college and university students, picking up on their enthusiasm for learning new things.
“What I like the most about these events is the collaborative effort which is being done on a mass level. Moreover, it feels like some sort of celebration, a kind of festival which brings together developers, writers, tech enthusiasts and more, all targeting the same aim,” added Maedah.
Pantip Treerattanapitak, who is a Core and Theme Development Contributor for the WordPress project, is co-organizing a translation event in Thailand. She believes that taking part in translating as part of a global festival and having the opportunity to read materials in a native language can provide the springboard to help people new to WordPress get more involved.
She has seen from her own experience how the translation events can bring people into the community. Pantip joined the Polyglots team in 2016 at the first global event. She said: “My favourite thing is being at a local translation event and knowing that there are people in cities and countries out there doing the same thing. It’s also lovely to see the result from our combined efforts at the end of the day.”
Jeroen Rotty, who contributes to the polyglots, support and documentation teams, is helping to run an event in Belgium. He said: “I think everyone should be able to use the software in their native language.” He had followed the previous editions of the Translation Day event from his home, and inspired by this he reached out to a few Meetup organisers in Antwerp to create an event for it in the city. He said: “I like the inclusiveness of the community. Everyone is welcome to participate and lend a hand to contribute to WordPress Translations.”
Mainul Aion has been involved in the global event and translating into Bengali since 2016. The Translation Day event increased his interest in contributing to the wider project and he is now getting more involved with the Marketing Team too. He said: “I love WordPress and try to help my local community. I want to play a part in translating WordPress to make it even more available for people who are not comfortable using it in English so that they can utilize it to the fullest.”
This short guide has been created by Saqib Ameen, a WordPress developer, and the Locale Manager for the Urdu language. For the past three years, he has been contributing to WordPress and organizing community events. He has successfully led the translation of five major WordPress releases into Urdu. He has also supported many people in getting started with translation.
He said: “I translate because I believe in the open source ecosystem and the fact that we should give back to the community. WordPress changes lives of many (including mine), and it’s our responsibility to give back in everyway possible. That’s why I translate and play my part.”
Translating WordPress can be an easy and straightforward process. Below are a few simple steps from Saqib which you can follow to get started.
You will need an account on WordPress.org. This helps you connect with others and logs your contributions to the Polyglots Team for a Contributor Badge.
The next step is to go to https://translate.wordpress.org, the WordPress Translation page and find your locale. WordPress locale codes are defined for languages which you can use in your pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party or theme. Some languages have the same WordPress locale code as their language code, e.g. the Japanese language code as well as the WordPress locale code is “ja”.
However, there are languages which have different locale and language codes. For instance, in the case of Indonesian the language code is “id”, while its WordPress locale code is “id_ID”.
The WordPress Translation page contains a list of all the locales. You can use the search box to quickly locate your locale. For example, in my case, I am navigating to Urdu (ur).
When you navigate to your locale, you will find a list of projects available for translation. It includes different releases of WordPress, Plugins, Themes, MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress., and Apps which you can translate. Select the project you want to translate.
When you go to any of the projects, you will see a dedicated project page. It will contain detailed statistics, a list of contributors, a list of editors, and a list of sub-projects. For example, in the screenshot below I have navigated to the `5.2.x – Development` project. You can pick any of these sub-projects based on its status (like Remaining Strings, Waiting + Fuzzy, etc.) and start contributing to it.
Inside a sub-project, you will find a list of strings in that particular project. You can navigate to untranslated strings using the Untranslated filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. on the top. Once you have them, double click any string, add its translation and submit.
When you submit the translation, it goes into waiting categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging.. An editor will review the translation and approve or reject it. There are also a few other categories of translation strings which you should know:
Note that, when you double click any string, you will find the reference of the string on the right side. You can always check references to get context and translate better. Always remember one thing, never do a literal (word by word) translation.
There are also plenty of resources available if you need any help. You should to get yourself familiarized with them to assist you in your translation work.
So, what are you waiting for? This is your chance to contribute to WordPress through translation and affecting more than 33% of internet users. Also, you can earn a Contributor Badge for translation which appears on your WordPress.org profile.
If you would like to collaborate with the Polyglots Team you can attend its weekly meetings on Slack in #polyglots channel, every Wednesday at 11:00 UTC and at 15:00 UTC.
Thanks to @maedahbatool and @saqibameen, contributing writers to this piece, and for the training guide. Thanks too to writers and editors @abhanonstopnewsuk, @zetaraffix and @siobhanseija.
The WordPress Translation Day event includes a number of marketing team members in its organizing team. This is another example of cross collaboration in the community, and how you can contribute to many aspects of developing and sustaining the platform. To find out more about how to get involved, here are some links.
The teams involved in Making WordPress
Videos on some of the ways you can contribute
Why contributing to WordPress benefits everyone
Saturday 11 May 2019 – 24-hour marathon for #WPTranslationDay
Participate in person at a local Meetup or globally online
Be part of translating one of the world’s most popular web platforms into as many languages as possible.
WordPress is a popular choice for developers, writers, business owners, eCommerce platforms and hobbyists. People from many different walks of life continuously add to its development and improvement, resulting in WordPress powering more than 33% of websites **.
Versatility and the vast global team working on it are central to WordPress’ increasing popularity. Translating WordPress in multiple languages helps to make the platform available in many more parts of the world. The Polyglots Team has played a remarkable role in leading and bringing together this translation work.
** Figures from a report by W3Techs (2019)
On 11 May 2019, this 24-hour event will be aimed at the translation of all things WordPress, from core to themes, and from plugins to marketing. Moreover, it will celebrate the achievements of the Make WordPress Polyglots Team and thousands of volunteersworldwide who give their time and skills to make this online platform available in so many countries and languages.
WordPress Translation Day 2019 is the fourth event organized by members of the Polyglots Team to acknowledge the efforts of all those involved in translating the platform’s numerous aspects and features.
Read more about the event on WordPress.org news
Discover the local Meetup events for the 2019 WordPress Translation Day.
Watch the #WPTranslationDay livestream including talks, panel discussions and interviews.
Share your participation in the fourth translation day event with e-badges and banners.
In this feature, thanks to contributors Maedah Batool and Saqib Ameen and we are sharing a quick guide to help explain what is involved in translating WordPress. Abha Thakor and Raffaella Isidori bring you news from #WPTranslationDay and stories from some of the people in the Polyglots Team to inspire you to join in.
Maedah Batool, a member of the Make WordPress Marketing Team, has contributed as a translator for three years.
She shares her enthusiasm for the polyglots and encourages others to give it a try. She said: “Most of the time when it comes to contributing to open source software people are under the impression that it is only through code. But I take part through translation, which is a productive way of contributing to open source. Moreover, being a part of this vibrant WordPress community I feel that it is my responsibility that I contribute my part in making WordPress available to my local community and in my native language, Urdu.”
Along with other local groups across the world, Maedah is organizing a Meetup for the global event, collaborating with the Locale Manager. The local event will seek to engage undergraduate college and university students, picking up on their enthusiasm for learning new things.
“What I like the most about these events is the collaborative effort which is being done on a mass level. Moreover, it feels like some sort of celebration, a kind of festival which brings together developers, writers, tech enthusiasts and more, all targeting the same aim,” added Maedah.
Pantip Treerattanapitak, who is a Core and Theme Development Contributor for the WordPress project, is co-organizing a translation event in Thailand. She believes that taking part in translating as part of a global festival and having the opportunity to read materials in a native language can provide the springboard to help people new to WordPress get more involved.
She has seen from her own experience how the translation events can bring people into the community. Pantip joined the Polyglots team in 2016 at the first global event. She said: “My favourite thing is being at a local translation event and knowing that there are people in cities and countries out there doing the same thing. It’s also lovely to see the result from our combined efforts at the end of the day.”
Jeroen Rotty, who contributes to the polyglots, support and documentation teams, is helping to run an event in Belgium. He said: “I think everyone should be able to use the software in their native language.” He had followed the previous editions of the Translation Day event from his home, and inspired by this he reached out to a few Meetup organisers in Antwerp to create an event for it in the city. He said: “I like the inclusiveness of the community. Everyone is welcome to participate and lend a hand to contribute to WordPress Translations.”
Mainul Aion has been involved in the global event and translating into Bengali since 2016. The Translation Day event increased his interest in contributing to the wider project and he is now getting more involved with the Marketing Team too. He said: “I love WordPress and try to help my local community. I want to play a part in translating WordPress to make it even more available for people who are not comfortable using it in English so that they can utilize it to the fullest.”
This short guide has been created by Saqib Ameen, a WordPress developer, and the Locale Manager for the Urdu language. For the past three years, he has been contributing to WordPress and organizing community events. He has successfully led the translation of five major WordPress releases into Urdu. He has also supported many people in getting started with translation.
He said: “I translate because I believe in the open source ecosystem and the fact that we should give back to the community. WordPress changes lives of many (including mine), and it’s our responsibility to give back in everyway possible. That’s why I translate and play my part.”
Translating WordPress can be an easy and straightforward process. Below are a few simple steps from Saqib which you can follow to get started.
You will need an account on WordPress.org. This helps you connect with others and logs your contributions to the Polyglots Team for a Contributor Badge.
The next step is to go to https://translate.wordpress.org, the WordPress Translation page and find your locale. WordPress locale codes are defined for languages which you can use in your plugin or theme. Some languages have the same WordPress locale code as their language code, e.g. the Japanese language code as well as the WordPress locale code is “ja”.
However, there are languages which have different locale and language codes. For instance, in the case of Indonesian the language code is “id”, while its WordPress locale code is “id_ID”.
The WordPress Translation page contains a list of all the locales. You can use the search box to quickly locate your locale. For example, in my case, I am navigating to Urdu (ur).
When you navigate to your locale, you will find a list of projects available for translation. It includes different releases of WordPress, Plugins, Themes, Meta, and Apps which you can translate. Select the project you want to translate.
When you go to any of the projects, you will see a dedicated project page. It will contain detailed statistics, a list of contributors, a list of editors, and a list of sub-projects. For example, in the screenshot below I have navigated to the `5.2.x – Development` project. You can pick any of these sub-projects based on its status (like Remaining Strings, Waiting + Fuzzy, etc.) and start contributing to it.
Inside a sub-project, you will find a list of strings in that particular project. You can navigate to untranslated strings using the Untranslated filter on the top. Once you have them, double click any string, add its translation and submit.
When you submit the translation, it goes into waiting category. An editor will review the translation and approve or reject it. There are also a few other categories of translation strings which you should know:
Note that, when you double click any string, you will find the reference of the string on the right side. You can always check references to get context and translate better. Always remember one thing, never do a literal (word by word) translation.
There are also plenty of resources available if you need any help. You should to get yourself familiarized with them to assist you in your translation work.
So, what are you waiting for? This is your chance to contribute to WordPress through translation and affecting more than 33% of internet users. Also, you can earn a Contributor Badge for translation which appears on your WordPress.org profile.
If you would like to collaborate with the Polyglots Team you can attend its weekly meetings on Slack in #polyglots channel, every Wednesday at 11:00 UTC and at 15:00 UTC.
Thanks to @maedahbatool and @saqibameen, contributing writers to this piece, and for the training guide. Thanks too to writers and editors @abhanonstopnewsuk, @zetaraffix and @siobhanseija.
The WordPress Translation Day event includes a number of marketing team members in its organizing team. This is another example of cross collaboration in the community, and how you can contribute to many aspects of developing and sustaining the platform. To find out more about how to get involved, here are some links.
The teams involved in Making WordPress
Videos on some of the ways you can contribute
